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CHAPTER X. 
Tne APprary. ba: 
Location. 
564. Any one can keep bees, successfully, if he has a 
liking for this pursuit and is not too timid to follow the 
directions given in this treatise. Even ladies can manage 
a large Apiary successfully, with but little help. 
Almost any locality will yield a surplus of honey in aver- 
age seasons. Mr. Chas. F. Muth of Cincinnati, with 22 
colonies of bees, on the roof of his house, in the heart of 
this large city, harvested a surplus honey yield of 198 lbs. 
per colony in one season. 
Mr. Muth informed us that this surplus was collected from 
white clover blossoms in 26 days. 
565. But an intimate acquaintance with the honey 
resources of the country is highly important to those desirous 
of engaging largelyin bee-culture. While, in some localities, 
bees will accumulate large stores, in others, only a mile or 
two distant, they may yield but a small profit. 
“ While Huber resided at Cour, and afterwards at Vevey, his 
bees suffered so much from scanty pasturage, that he could only 
preserve them by feeding, although stocks that were but two 
miles from him were, in each case, storing their hives abund- 
antly.”? —Brvan. 
Those desirous of becoming specialists will find the subject 
of location and yield further treated in the chapter on 
Pasturage and Overstocking (698). 
566. Inexperienced persons will seldom find it profitable 
to begin bee-keeping on a large scale. By using movable- 
